Hello All
After reading your forum I decided to run TestDisk on my External Hard Drive 2000GB
after completing Quick search - no partition was detected
after completing Deep Search it gave me this saying that there is partitions conflict between 3 and 2, 2 and 1, 1 and 4
i did a screen shot but can not attache it, i tried as pdf and word file but it does not allow me
I am not computer engineer and I am struggling a lot with it
can you guys help please?
Kind regards
B
Seagate Ext Hard Drive asking to be formated
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Re: Seagate Ext Hard Drive asking to be formated
You can link to jpg or png images or copy/paste the testdisk.log file.
Run TestDisk, Advanced, Boot, RebuildBS, List. If you can see your files, choose Write, confirm, Quit and restart your computer.
Run TestDisk, Advanced, Boot, RebuildBS, List. If you can see your files, choose Write, confirm, Quit and restart your computer.
Re: Seagate Ext Hard Drive asking to be formated
Thank you Mr Grenier
Thank you for your response. I dont even know how to link to jpg.
When I was doing TestDisk, a lot of information have been displaying in this communication black window and I have seen that there was many times written delete or deleting, which scared me so I have stopped the test being afraid that I am deleting the data.
Should I do it again and then try (somehow) to copy/paste the testdisk.log file (whatever and wherever it is) please?
Regards
B
Thank you for your response. I dont even know how to link to jpg.
When I was doing TestDisk, a lot of information have been displaying in this communication black window and I have seen that there was many times written delete or deleting, which scared me so I have stopped the test being afraid that I am deleting the data.
Should I do it again and then try (somehow) to copy/paste the testdisk.log file (whatever and wherever it is) please?
Regards
B
Re: Seagate Ext Hard Drive asking to be formated
yohuu, i found this and copied it , maybe that tells you more Mr Grenier
Drive H is the one which is the problem. When I attache it to the computer I get asked to format it.
Thank you so much for helping
Thu Oct 27 13:18:10 2016
Command line: TestDisk
TestDisk 7.0, Data Recovery Utility, April 2015
Christophe GRENIER <grenier@cgsecurity.org>
http://www.cgsecurity.org
OS: Windows 7 (7601) SP1
Compiler: GCC 4.8, Cygwin 1007.34
Compilation date: 2015-04-18T13:01:55
ext2fs lib: 1.42.8, ntfs lib: 10:0:0, reiserfs lib: 0.3.1-rc8, ewf lib: 20120504, curses lib: ncurses 5.9
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(/dev/sda)=640135028736
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(/dev/sdb)=2000398929920
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\PhysicalDrive0)=640135028736
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\PhysicalDrive1)=2000398929920
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\C:)=210112610304
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\D:)=429915111424
filewin32_getfilesize(\\.\E:) GetFileSize err Niepoprawna funkcja.
filewin32_setfilepointer(\\.\E:) SetFilePointer err Niepoprawna funkcja.
Warning: can't get size for \\.\E:
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\H:)=2000381018112
Hard disk list
Disk /dev/sda - 640 GB / 596 GiB - CHS 77825 255 63, sector size=512
Disk /dev/sdb - 2000 GB / 1863 GiB - CHS 30400 255 63, sector size=4096
Disk \\.\PhysicalDrive1 - 2000 GB / 1863 GiB - CHS 30400 255 63, sector size=4096
Drive C: - 210 GB / 195 GiB - CHS 25544 255 63, sector size=512
Drive D: - 429 GB / 400 GiB - CHS 52267 255 63, sector size=512
Drive H: - 2000 GB / 1863 GiB - CHS 30399 255 63, sector size=4096
Partition table type (auto): None
Drive H: - 2000 GB / 1863 GiB
Partition table type: Intel
Interface Advanced
Geometry from i386 MBR: head=115 sector=52
BAD_RS LBA=1936269394 5382406
check_part_i386 1 type 4F: no test
BAD_RS LBA=1917848077 5967333
check_part_i386 2 type 73: no test
BAD_RS LBA=1818575915 5855017
check_part_i386 3 type 2B: no test
BAD_RS LBA=2844524554 5982593
check_part_i386 4 type 61: no test
3 * Sys=2B 113201 29 24 147074 114 59 544175136
2 * Sys=73 119380 132 62 153270 41 37 544437093
1 * Sys=4F 120527 49 53 234813 237 34 1836016416
4 * SpeedStor 177063 118 26 177066 225 63 54974
Analyse Drive H: - 2000 GB / 1863 GiB - CHS 30399 255 63
Geometry from i386 MBR: head=115 sector=52
BAD_RS LBA=1936269394 5382406
check_part_i386 1 type 4F: no test
BAD_RS LBA=1917848077 5967333
check_part_i386 2 type 73: no test
BAD_RS LBA=1818575915 5855017
check_part_i386 3 type 2B: no test
BAD_RS LBA=2844524554 5982593
check_part_i386 4 type 61: no test
Current partition structure:
1 * Sys=4F 120527 49 53 234813 237 34 1836016416
Bad relative sector.
2 * Sys=73 119380 132 62 153270 41 37 544437093
Bad relative sector.
3 * Sys=2B 113201 29 24 147074 114 59 544175136
Bad relative sector.
4 * SpeedStor 177063 118 26 177066 225 63 54974
Bad relative sector.
Only one partition must be bootable
Space conflict between the following two partitions
3 * Sys=2B 113201 29 24 147074 114 59 544175136
2 * Sys=73 119380 132 62 153270 41 37 544437093
Space conflict between the following two partitions
2 * Sys=73 119380 132 62 153270 41 37 544437093
1 * Sys=4F 120527 49 53 234813 237 34 1836016416
Space conflict between the following two partitions
1 * Sys=4F 120527 49 53 234813 237 34 1836016416
4 * SpeedStor 177063 118 26 177066 225 63 54974
search_part()
Drive H: - 2000 GB / 1863 GiB - CHS 30399 255 63
Search for partition aborted
Results
interface_write()
No partition found or selected for recovery
simulate write!
write_mbr_i386: starting...
write_all_log_i386: starting...
No extended partition
TestDisk exited normally.
Drive H is the one which is the problem. When I attache it to the computer I get asked to format it.
Thank you so much for helping
Thu Oct 27 13:18:10 2016
Command line: TestDisk
TestDisk 7.0, Data Recovery Utility, April 2015
Christophe GRENIER <grenier@cgsecurity.org>
http://www.cgsecurity.org
OS: Windows 7 (7601) SP1
Compiler: GCC 4.8, Cygwin 1007.34
Compilation date: 2015-04-18T13:01:55
ext2fs lib: 1.42.8, ntfs lib: 10:0:0, reiserfs lib: 0.3.1-rc8, ewf lib: 20120504, curses lib: ncurses 5.9
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(/dev/sda)=640135028736
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(/dev/sdb)=2000398929920
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\PhysicalDrive0)=640135028736
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\PhysicalDrive1)=2000398929920
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\C:)=210112610304
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\D:)=429915111424
filewin32_getfilesize(\\.\E:) GetFileSize err Niepoprawna funkcja.
filewin32_setfilepointer(\\.\E:) SetFilePointer err Niepoprawna funkcja.
Warning: can't get size for \\.\E:
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\H:)=2000381018112
Hard disk list
Disk /dev/sda - 640 GB / 596 GiB - CHS 77825 255 63, sector size=512
Disk /dev/sdb - 2000 GB / 1863 GiB - CHS 30400 255 63, sector size=4096
Disk \\.\PhysicalDrive1 - 2000 GB / 1863 GiB - CHS 30400 255 63, sector size=4096
Drive C: - 210 GB / 195 GiB - CHS 25544 255 63, sector size=512
Drive D: - 429 GB / 400 GiB - CHS 52267 255 63, sector size=512
Drive H: - 2000 GB / 1863 GiB - CHS 30399 255 63, sector size=4096
Partition table type (auto): None
Drive H: - 2000 GB / 1863 GiB
Partition table type: Intel
Interface Advanced
Geometry from i386 MBR: head=115 sector=52
BAD_RS LBA=1936269394 5382406
check_part_i386 1 type 4F: no test
BAD_RS LBA=1917848077 5967333
check_part_i386 2 type 73: no test
BAD_RS LBA=1818575915 5855017
check_part_i386 3 type 2B: no test
BAD_RS LBA=2844524554 5982593
check_part_i386 4 type 61: no test
3 * Sys=2B 113201 29 24 147074 114 59 544175136
2 * Sys=73 119380 132 62 153270 41 37 544437093
1 * Sys=4F 120527 49 53 234813 237 34 1836016416
4 * SpeedStor 177063 118 26 177066 225 63 54974
Analyse Drive H: - 2000 GB / 1863 GiB - CHS 30399 255 63
Geometry from i386 MBR: head=115 sector=52
BAD_RS LBA=1936269394 5382406
check_part_i386 1 type 4F: no test
BAD_RS LBA=1917848077 5967333
check_part_i386 2 type 73: no test
BAD_RS LBA=1818575915 5855017
check_part_i386 3 type 2B: no test
BAD_RS LBA=2844524554 5982593
check_part_i386 4 type 61: no test
Current partition structure:
1 * Sys=4F 120527 49 53 234813 237 34 1836016416
Bad relative sector.
2 * Sys=73 119380 132 62 153270 41 37 544437093
Bad relative sector.
3 * Sys=2B 113201 29 24 147074 114 59 544175136
Bad relative sector.
4 * SpeedStor 177063 118 26 177066 225 63 54974
Bad relative sector.
Only one partition must be bootable
Space conflict between the following two partitions
3 * Sys=2B 113201 29 24 147074 114 59 544175136
2 * Sys=73 119380 132 62 153270 41 37 544437093
Space conflict between the following two partitions
2 * Sys=73 119380 132 62 153270 41 37 544437093
1 * Sys=4F 120527 49 53 234813 237 34 1836016416
Space conflict between the following two partitions
1 * Sys=4F 120527 49 53 234813 237 34 1836016416
4 * SpeedStor 177063 118 26 177066 225 63 54974
search_part()
Drive H: - 2000 GB / 1863 GiB - CHS 30399 255 63
Search for partition aborted
Results
interface_write()
No partition found or selected for recovery
simulate write!
write_mbr_i386: starting...
write_all_log_i386: starting...
No extended partition
TestDisk exited normally.
Re: Seagate Ext Hard Drive asking to be formated
Hello Mr Grenier
I have completed another testdisk and this is the log. Can you please help me ? Thank you
Thu Oct 27 21:42:21 2016
Command line: TestDisk
TestDisk 7.0, Data Recovery Utility, April 2015
Christophe GRENIER <grenier@cgsecurity.org>
http://www.cgsecurity.org
OS: Windows 7 (7601) SP1
Compiler: GCC 4.8, Cygwin 1007.34
Compilation date: 2015-04-18T13:01:55
ext2fs lib: 1.42.8, ntfs lib: 10:0:0, reiserfs lib: 0.3.1-rc8, ewf lib: 20120504, curses lib: ncurses 5.9
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(/dev/sda)=640135028736
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(/dev/sdb)=2000398929920
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\PhysicalDrive0)=640135028736
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\PhysicalDrive1)=2000398929920
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\C:)=210112610304
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\D:)=429915111424
filewin32_getfilesize(\\.\E:) GetFileSize err Niepoprawna funkcja.
filewin32_setfilepointer(\\.\E:) SetFilePointer err Niepoprawna funkcja.
Warning: can't get size for \\.\E:
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\H:)=2000381018112
Hard disk list
Disk /dev/sda - 640 GB / 596 GiB - CHS 77825 255 63, sector size=512
Disk /dev/sdb - 2000 GB / 1863 GiB - CHS 30400 255 63, sector size=4096
Disk \\.\PhysicalDrive1 - 2000 GB / 1863 GiB - CHS 30400 255 63, sector size=4096
Drive C: - 210 GB / 195 GiB - CHS 25544 255 63, sector size=512
Drive D: - 429 GB / 400 GiB - CHS 52267 255 63, sector size=512
Drive H: - 2000 GB / 1863 GiB - CHS 30399 255 63, sector size=4096
Partition table type (auto): None
Drive H: - 2000 GB / 1863 GiB
Partition table type: Intel
Interface Advanced
Geometry from i386 MBR: head=115 sector=52
BAD_RS LBA=1936269394 5382406
check_part_i386 1 type 4F: no test
BAD_RS LBA=1917848077 5967333
check_part_i386 2 type 73: no test
BAD_RS LBA=1818575915 5855017
check_part_i386 3 type 2B: no test
BAD_RS LBA=2844524554 5982593
check_part_i386 4 type 61: no test
3 * Sys=2B 113201 29 24 147074 114 59 544175136
2 * Sys=73 119380 132 62 153270 41 37 544437093
1 * Sys=4F 120527 49 53 234813 237 34 1836016416
4 * SpeedStor 177063 118 26 177066 225 63 54974
Analyse Drive H: - 2000 GB / 1863 GiB - CHS 30399 255 63
Geometry from i386 MBR: head=115 sector=52
BAD_RS LBA=1936269394 5382406
check_part_i386 1 type 4F: no test
BAD_RS LBA=1917848077 5967333
check_part_i386 2 type 73: no test
BAD_RS LBA=1818575915 5855017
check_part_i386 3 type 2B: no test
BAD_RS LBA=2844524554 5982593
check_part_i386 4 type 61: no test
Current partition structure:
1 * Sys=4F 120527 49 53 234813 237 34 1836016416
Bad relative sector.
2 * Sys=73 119380 132 62 153270 41 37 544437093
Bad relative sector.
3 * Sys=2B 113201 29 24 147074 114 59 544175136
Bad relative sector.
4 * SpeedStor 177063 118 26 177066 225 63 54974
Bad relative sector.
Only one partition must be bootable
Space conflict between the following two partitions
3 * Sys=2B 113201 29 24 147074 114 59 544175136
2 * Sys=73 119380 132 62 153270 41 37 544437093
Space conflict between the following two partitions
2 * Sys=73 119380 132 62 153270 41 37 544437093
1 * Sys=4F 120527 49 53 234813 237 34 1836016416
Space conflict between the following two partitions
1 * Sys=4F 120527 49 53 234813 237 34 1836016416
4 * SpeedStor 177063 118 26 177066 225 63 54974
search_part()
Drive H: - 2000 GB / 1863 GiB - CHS 30399 255 63
Results
interface_write()
No partition found or selected for recovery
simulate write!
write_mbr_i386: starting...
write_all_log_i386: starting...
No extended partition
TestDisk exited normally.
I have completed another testdisk and this is the log. Can you please help me ? Thank you
Thu Oct 27 21:42:21 2016
Command line: TestDisk
TestDisk 7.0, Data Recovery Utility, April 2015
Christophe GRENIER <grenier@cgsecurity.org>
http://www.cgsecurity.org
OS: Windows 7 (7601) SP1
Compiler: GCC 4.8, Cygwin 1007.34
Compilation date: 2015-04-18T13:01:55
ext2fs lib: 1.42.8, ntfs lib: 10:0:0, reiserfs lib: 0.3.1-rc8, ewf lib: 20120504, curses lib: ncurses 5.9
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(/dev/sda)=640135028736
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(/dev/sdb)=2000398929920
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\PhysicalDrive0)=640135028736
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\PhysicalDrive1)=2000398929920
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\C:)=210112610304
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\D:)=429915111424
filewin32_getfilesize(\\.\E:) GetFileSize err Niepoprawna funkcja.
filewin32_setfilepointer(\\.\E:) SetFilePointer err Niepoprawna funkcja.
Warning: can't get size for \\.\E:
disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\H:)=2000381018112
Hard disk list
Disk /dev/sda - 640 GB / 596 GiB - CHS 77825 255 63, sector size=512
Disk /dev/sdb - 2000 GB / 1863 GiB - CHS 30400 255 63, sector size=4096
Disk \\.\PhysicalDrive1 - 2000 GB / 1863 GiB - CHS 30400 255 63, sector size=4096
Drive C: - 210 GB / 195 GiB - CHS 25544 255 63, sector size=512
Drive D: - 429 GB / 400 GiB - CHS 52267 255 63, sector size=512
Drive H: - 2000 GB / 1863 GiB - CHS 30399 255 63, sector size=4096
Partition table type (auto): None
Drive H: - 2000 GB / 1863 GiB
Partition table type: Intel
Interface Advanced
Geometry from i386 MBR: head=115 sector=52
BAD_RS LBA=1936269394 5382406
check_part_i386 1 type 4F: no test
BAD_RS LBA=1917848077 5967333
check_part_i386 2 type 73: no test
BAD_RS LBA=1818575915 5855017
check_part_i386 3 type 2B: no test
BAD_RS LBA=2844524554 5982593
check_part_i386 4 type 61: no test
3 * Sys=2B 113201 29 24 147074 114 59 544175136
2 * Sys=73 119380 132 62 153270 41 37 544437093
1 * Sys=4F 120527 49 53 234813 237 34 1836016416
4 * SpeedStor 177063 118 26 177066 225 63 54974
Analyse Drive H: - 2000 GB / 1863 GiB - CHS 30399 255 63
Geometry from i386 MBR: head=115 sector=52
BAD_RS LBA=1936269394 5382406
check_part_i386 1 type 4F: no test
BAD_RS LBA=1917848077 5967333
check_part_i386 2 type 73: no test
BAD_RS LBA=1818575915 5855017
check_part_i386 3 type 2B: no test
BAD_RS LBA=2844524554 5982593
check_part_i386 4 type 61: no test
Current partition structure:
1 * Sys=4F 120527 49 53 234813 237 34 1836016416
Bad relative sector.
2 * Sys=73 119380 132 62 153270 41 37 544437093
Bad relative sector.
3 * Sys=2B 113201 29 24 147074 114 59 544175136
Bad relative sector.
4 * SpeedStor 177063 118 26 177066 225 63 54974
Bad relative sector.
Only one partition must be bootable
Space conflict between the following two partitions
3 * Sys=2B 113201 29 24 147074 114 59 544175136
2 * Sys=73 119380 132 62 153270 41 37 544437093
Space conflict between the following two partitions
2 * Sys=73 119380 132 62 153270 41 37 544437093
1 * Sys=4F 120527 49 53 234813 237 34 1836016416
Space conflict between the following two partitions
1 * Sys=4F 120527 49 53 234813 237 34 1836016416
4 * SpeedStor 177063 118 26 177066 225 63 54974
search_part()
Drive H: - 2000 GB / 1863 GiB - CHS 30399 255 63
Results
interface_write()
No partition found or selected for recovery
simulate write!
write_mbr_i386: starting...
write_all_log_i386: starting...
No extended partition
TestDisk exited normally.